Damascus-SANA
The Minister of Agriculture, Eng. Muhammad Hassan Qatna, discussed with the Acting Chargé d'Affairs at the Lebanese Embassy in Damascus, Talal Daher, the development of agricultural relations and the increase of agricultural cooperation between Lebanon and Syria.
During the meeting in the ministry building today, our cat stressed Syria's interest in developing joint projects of a regional nature, especially with regard to preventing the transmission of transboundary livestock diseases, afforestation and protection of border areas, cooperation in the fields of transit, transportation and exchange of agricultural products between Syria and Lebanon according to the specified agricultural calendar. And in a way that guarantees the interest of the productive farmers, and the export of fruitful seedlings from Syria to Lebanon through the private sector, and the transfer of technology and the exchange of agricultural research and experiences, especially in the field of producing improved wheat seeds.
Qatna pointed out the importance of activating and developing the agreements signed between the ministries of agriculture in the two countries, and for there to be a Syrian-Lebanese higher committee to discuss everything related to any new cooperation in all fields, the signed agreements and solving problems facing mutual relations to improve them.
In turn, Daher stressed the strength and continuity of the Syrian-Lebanese relations, pointing to the importance of continuous dialogue between the two sides, to remove all difficulties that impede the marketing and transportation of products, noting that all the proposals presented will be transferred to the concerned parties in Lebanon.
Ghusoub Abboud
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